Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/altos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-. Cognate with Latin altus, Old High German alt.

Noun

*altos m^[1]

height, cliff

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*altos	*altou	*altoi
vocative	*alte	*altou	*altoi
accusative	*altom	*altou	*altons
genitive	*altī	*altous	*altom
dative	*altūi	*altobom	*altobos
locative	*altei	*?	*?
instrumental	*altū	*altobim	*altūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *alt
- Welsh: allt
- Breton: aod
- Cornish: als
Middle Irish: alt
- Irish: ailt

Etymology 2

Adjective

*altos

past participle of *aleti (“to nourish”): nourished, fostered

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*altos	*altou	*altoi
vocative	*alte	*altou	*altoi
accusative	*altom	*altou	*altons
genitive	*altī	*altous	*altom
dative	*altūi	*altobom	*altobos
instrumental	*altū	*altobim	*altobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*altā	*altai	*altās
vocative	*altā	*altai	*altās
accusative	*altam	*altai	*altans
genitive	*altās	*altous	*altom
dative	*altai	*altābom	*altābos
instrumental	*?	*altābim	*altābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*altom	*altou	*altā
vocative	*altom	*altou	*altā
accusative	*altom	*altou	*altā
genitive	*altī	*altous	*altom
dative	*altūi	*altobom	*altobos
instrumental	*altū	*altobim	*altobis

Derived terms

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*alto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*alto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

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